Credit Escambia County
It pays $14.57 per hour, you get to sit in the sun, and you’re there to protect and, perhaps, save lives. Lifeguard tryouts for Pensacola Beach are set for this weekend.
“We’re counting down, we’re getting our equipment ready, and 3 weeks from Monday we’ll have the towers at Casino Beach,” said Dave Greenwood, Public Safety Director at Santa Rosa Island Authority.
He’ll greet applicants at the University of West Florida’s Aquatic Center Saturday morning at 11. .
“The first step to becoming a lifeguard out here is completing a 600-yard. swim in 10 minutes or less,” Greenwood said. “After the swim, there’s a 30-minute rest period and then the candidates is required to run a mile-and-a-half in 12 minutes. And then, we schedule the potential employee for an interview.”